Petersen v. City of Decorah

Plaintiff Ross K. Petersen appeals the trial court’s refusal to order the defendant City of Decorah to rezone his property to allow construction of a shopping center. Petersen’s request for rezoning before the zoning commission and the city council was denied upon the ground that the land should be reserved for future industrial use. We hold the zoning of Petersen’s property as A-l agricultural is unreasonable and confiscatory. We do not at this time reach the ultimate issue of Petersen’s entitlement to a C-4 shopping center classification for his property. Reversed and remanded.

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